Emerging Topics

Emerging Topics

New Roles of Lymphatics in DiseaseCo-sponsored by the Lymphatic Education & Research Network

Chairs: Stanly Rockson, Stanford University and Kari Alitalo, University of HelsinkiGuillermo Oliver, Northwestern University Transcriptional profiling of lymphatic endothelial cellsMelody Swartz, University of Chicago Immune implications of lymphangiogenesis in inflammation

Drug Discovery/Gene TherapyCo-sponsored by the Japanese Vascular Biology and Medicine Organization

Stem Cells IICo-sponsored by the European Vascular Biology Organization

Chairs: Jozef Dulak, Jagiellonian University and Shahin Rafii, Weill Cornell Medical CollegeKaren K. Hirschi, Yale School of Medicine Role of vascular endothelial cells in stem cell generation and maintenanceAnn Zovein, University of California, San Francisco Cell fate decisions in hemogenic endothelium(Stem Cells I under Cells and Vascular Beds)

Tissue Engineering

Chairs: Elena Aikawa, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School and Anjelica Gonzalez, Yale UniversityChristopher Hughes, University of California, Irvine Vascularized and perfused micro-tissues in culture and their use in drug screeningYing Zheng, University of Washington Engineering organ-specific microvasculature

Transcription and Epigenetics I

Chairs: Rama Natarajan, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope and Marianne Grant, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterPhilip Marsden, University of Toronto Epigenetic regulation of endothelial phenotype: the role of the non coding genomeKathleen Martin, Yale School of Medicine Transcriptional and epigenetic regulation in vascular smooth muscle cells

Transcription and Epigenetics II

Chairs: Jason Fish, University of Toronto and Yoshiaki Okada, Osaka UniversityAnna Randi, Imperial College London Transcriptional control of vascular stabilityMukesh Jain, Case Western Reserve University KLFs and the cardiovascular system

Complexity and Computational Modeling

Chair: Victoria Bautch, University of North Carolina, Chapel HillMete Civelek, University of Virginia Systems genetics of the KLF14 locus associated with obesity and diabetesErzsébet Regan, College of Wooster Do capillary vessels blink?

New Technologies

Chair: Mary Dickinson, Baylor College of MedicineDonald Ingber, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard Vascular mechanobiologyCalum MacRae, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School Assay development for in vivo drug discovery in the zebrafish